French zoologist.
Alfred Mathieu Giard (8 August 1846 – 8 August 1908) was a French zoologist born in Valenciennes. He served as a professor of zoology at the Faculty of Sciences in Lille. He specialized in parasitology, and the genus Giardia was named after him by Johann Künstler in 1882.
Abbreviations: Giard
Occupations: university teacher, entomologist, zoologist, politician, carcinologist, botanist
Citizenships: France
Languages: French
Dates: 1846-08-08T00:00:00Z – 1908-08-08T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Valenciennes
Direct attributions: 0 plants, 14 fungi
Authorship mentions: 0 plants, 22 fungi